Quote Originally Posted by shootingstar View Post
*didn't know how awful the Alaska Way issue has been dragging out so long.

*that it has taken Seattle 14 yrs. to get its light rapid transit line constructed and running soon.
I moved here from out east - and I blame debacles like the Alaskan way viaduct on the initiative system..... everything goes up for a public vote around here and the citizens dither about it for years before they actually pass something...... That's also why the light rail has taken so terribly long and has probably cost millions more than it should have. I sometimes wish someone would just take charge and say alright the city really needs to do this, this is the plan and we're doing it - end of discussion.